weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. i have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. it is also very windy down here. there is

one of the things i saw on your weite is a lot of signs parents and friends can look for. >> yes. think it's important that parents understand what those signs are. typically it will be things like are they changing friends. you know, is there a diffent group of friends that they're hanging out with. is there a pareppearance changi? eating habits changing? noticeable changes, beyond typically what you would think is happeni in the teen world. rents sometimes make the miake of i think, thinking that these symptoms that they're seeing or the sis of abuse are attributed to teenage behavr, they're not. typically it would be taking it to the next level. >> tell me about your coalition. >> our coalition was found in june. we're four years old, june 2010, just shory after joey passed ay. it was our way of putting his life to good purpose. we are focused on educating communities locally, on a countywide basis, statewide and nationally. i'm pernally involved in coalitions, work groups and task forces at all those levels. education and political advocacy. >> i want to remind people this is